Science & Society

Interplanetary Colonization: I Don't Think So

Periodically it seems that the subject comes up regarding human colonization of space and then all manner of problems and difficulties are discussed with various people taking their respective sides on the physics that's possible and what isn't. ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Apr 6 2012 - 4:51pm

Bad Advice And Bombs

A few months ago, I read Electric Universe by David Bodanis (ISBN 1400045509).  There are two chapters on radar during the Second World War, #7 dealing with Britain’s defences and #8 dealing with the area bombing of Germany, a tactic down to ‘Bomber’ Harr ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Apr 8 2012 - 11:54am

Scientization Of Politics: R03 Grants To Justify Tax Increases

Everyone has heard of the politicization of science, where science results are framed and manipulated for political gain, but increasingly more common is the scientization of politics, where political and cultural world views are rationalized with a scienc ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jul 14 2012 - 1:18am

History Explains Occupy Movements

As soon as protestors began to occupy Zuccotti Park near Wall Street in New York City, people began to wonder why? Was it the result of disgust towards the New York Stock Exchange, chronic unemployment, or even boredom? Or are Americans working through th ...

Blog Post - Alex Atwood - Apr 16 2012 - 3:21pm

Brits Love Their Pets- Or Not

A new study estimates that more than 260,000 dogs and cats were sent to UK rescue shelters in 2009, the first full year of the worldwide recession. Dogs and cats are popular pets in the UK and two of the authors of the new estimate study, Dr. Jane Murray a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2012 - 4:30am

U.S. Forest Service Thanks Environmentalists For Getting Out Of The Way

It's taken decades but the U.S. Forest Service is finally being allowed to use science in managing America's natural resources. Instead of environmental activists tying up science and the government by using other government regulations and red t ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 16 2012 - 3:20pm

Brangelina: 51% to Last 15 Years

Last month I wrote an equation with New York Times columnist, John Tierney, calculating the chances a celebrity marriage will last. Some looked rosy (Kate and Prince William) and some looked less rosy (Will Smith and Jada Pinkett are in a dangerous window ...

Blog Post - Garth Sundem - Apr 17 2012 - 2:54pm

Dalai Lama Gets Templeton Prize For Science According To Templeton

Tenzin Gyatso, who some call “Dalai Lama” and other funny names, has been awarded the 2012 Templeton Prize, as announced here, and if you look at the given justification, you could be excused for mistaking the Templeton Prize for a straight science award ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Apr 19 2012 - 3:21am

Chimp homicide?

Recently, Real Clear Science drew our attention to Chimps show lethal side, about incidents where chimps kill other chimps.  Or “apes kill each other”, as the article actually says, but in my more hyper-logical frame of mind that sounds a bit like “pistol ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Apr 19 2012 - 4:17am

Requiem for Humanity — Star Wars vs. Stone Age

SUMMARY George Friedman has observed that the entire pattern of traditional life is collapsing and no clear alternative patterns are emerging. This view is appropriate to our times. The human race is in transition. No one; human or artificial intelligence ...

Blog Post - Alan Hoshor - Apr 20 2012 - 2:29pm